What's Happening In Fremont County

Kantorei will perform at 4 p.m. May 25 for the In Concert: Classical Music in the Valley event at the west gym of Custer County High School.

Kantorei is an award-winning chorus that sings a wide variety of music from classical to spirituals to humorous works. The Custer County High School Choir also will sing two pieces alone and two with Kantorei.

Tickets are $15 for adults and $5 for students, available at Candy's Coffee or the Loan A Ranger in Westcliffe or at the door on the day of the concert.

Sharon Langfeldt, nationally recognized photographer, will have an exhibit of her photographs in conjunction with the concert.

The doors open at 3 p.m., and seating is available at 3:30 p.m. Attendees may view the photo exhibit before or after the concert or during intermission.

Family Crisis Services, Inc. is gearing up for its seventh annual Take Back The Night event that will be held April 25.

Participants will meet at 6 p.m. at the City Market parking lot and march to the Depot Park on Ninth and Royal Gorge Blvd. Once at the park, guest speakers will present on the topic of sexual assault and allow audience members to "speak out."

Take Back The Night is an international event usually held in April of every year to protest violence and sexual abuse in all forms.

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For more information, call Family Crisis Services, Inc. at 275-2429.

Blue Spruce will

host reception for

Tom Lockhart

Blue Spruce will host a reception for Colorado native Tom Lockhart from 5-7 p.m. April 26 at 205 W. Main St. in Florence.

His work will be on display though June 3.

Lockhart was born and raised in Monte Vista, the heart of the San Luis Valley in Southern Colorado, where his love for nature and the outdoors is evident in his paintings. Striving to convey a feeling of light and atmosphere is always a challenge for any artist, but for Tom it is even more challenging because he works in oils, pastels and watercolors.

Lockhart looks to the Old Masters and great painters of the late 19th and early 20th century for inspiration in his own work. He won the RMPAP Award of Excellence in 2004, 2003, and 2002. He was the recipient of the Director's Choice Award in 2003. Lockhart also won the Award of Excellence at the Telluride Plein-air Festival chosen by Southwest Art Magazine. He also received the Best of Show at the 16th annual Colorado Watercolor Society's "Summer of Watercolor" Exhibition 2007.

Everyone is invited to stop by, enjoy refreshments and browse through his artwork during the reception.

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